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Here's the most played games on Steam Deck for January 2026

By Liam Dawe, 2 hours ago

With a fresh month here now it's February 2026, here's your most up to date look at what has been popular for players on the Steam Deck.

Check out the new suitably weird Mewgenics feature trailer

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Mewgenics from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel is set for release on February 10th, and we have a fresh look at it in a new weird features trailer.

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Proton Experimental updated to fix the EA app again on SteamOS / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Valve have put out a fresh Proton Experimental upgrade for SteamOS / Linux systems, which thankfully includes a fix for the EA app breaking again.

Terraria 1.4.5 the absolutely huge Bigger and Boulder update is now live

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

With a huge bumper of additional content for the game, Terraria version 1.4.5 the "Bigger and Boulder" update is now officially live.

Plague Inc: Evolved gets a "vastly improved playing experience on Steam Deck"

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Plague Inc: Evolved is a classic strategy sim that's still going strong and a new update was released to make playing it on Steam Deck even better.

Valve released Proton 10.0-4 bringing more game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

The latest stable numbered version of Valve's compatibility layer Proton has arrived. Proton 10.0-4 brings lots of fixes and new game support for SteamOS Linux.

GE-Proton 10-29 released with updates to FEX, Wine, DXVK and a few game fixes

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

GE-Proton 10-29 has arrived to bring more game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux with a bunch of fixes and improvements throughout.

Steam Deck hits 25,000 games Valve have rated Playable or Verified

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jan 2026

With over 100,000 games on Steam - verifying all of that takes a long time but the Steam Deck now has over 25,000 that are Steam Deck Playable or Verified.

Obey the Insect God brings live-action digitized sprite weirdness to action platformers

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jan 2026

Remember how the original Mortal Kombat used live-action sprites for characters? Now imagine if someone stuck that style into a modernised action platformer.

No Rest for the Wicked co-op update lands on January 22 and it hit a big sales milestone

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2026

No Rest for the Wicked from Moon Studios is set for a huge upgrade on January 22nd, with the release of the co-op update titled No Rest for the Wicked Together.

Adventure game The Drifter adds new localisations with support for fan translations

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2026

A truly excellent point and click adventure game The Drifter is now more easily playable thanks to some official translations, and support for fan additions.

Command your crew and roll the dice in the tactical roguelike DeckWrecking Pirates

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2026

DeckWrecking Pirates appears to have a fun blend of various features that fans of turn-based strategy games and deck-builders will no doubt appreciate.

Satisfactory is finally Steam Deck Verified after fixing up some UI issues

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2026

Satisfactory from Coffee Stain Studios had quite a few patches to improve it on Steam Deck, and the latest update got it Steam Deck Verified.

SteamOS 3.7.20 adds the ntsync driver to help improve some game performance

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2026

Valve have released SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta coming with just two changes, and one of them is very interesting to see arrive on SteamOS.

Humble Bundle have a nice collection of games for handhelds

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2026

Gaming on the go doesn't have to be boring, so check out the Decked Out Collection Humble Bundle for some interesting picks.

Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners sounds like a great spiritual successor

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2026

Sprint City has been revealed by the original creators of SpeedRunners, a new movement-focused racing platformer that looks and sounds great.

SteamOS 3.7.19 arrives with a bunch of essential bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2026

Valve have released the latest stable update for SteamOS version 3.7.19, bringing a bunch of bug fixes to improve the Linux gaming platform.

One of the best puzzle games ever, Baba Is You gets a final big update

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jan 2026

Baba Is You remains as one of my all-time favourite puzzle games and the developer looks to be moving on, with what should be the final big update for it.